The Austin Monitor


2024


Regional EPA grant will go toward mitigating I-35 construction traffic and pollution

Balancing conflicting public interests, Watershed Protection aims to promote native aquatic vegetation

Stakeholders urge county to hurry up on implementing legal defense at bail hearings

The Texas Observer


2023


Mental Illness Shouldn’t Land You in Jail

The Austin Chronicle 


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2024


Can the Austin Airport Speed Up Its Sorely Needed Expansion?

Police Pepper Spray Protesters After Dispersing Impromptu Encampment for Palestine

United Auto Workers Has Sights Set on Tesla

Debate Heats Up Over How to Wean Austin Off Fossil Fuels

Bill Would Connect ERCOT to U.S. Electric Grids

ERCOT Says Texas Power Demand to Double by 2030, With Bitcoin to Blame


2023


Why Austin Can’t Seem to Quit Its Despised Coal Plant

How Much of the Colorado Should We Leave Up to Elon Musk’s Discretion?

Eastside Residents Decry Cluster of Rock Crushers

First Layoffs in Texas Tribune History Raise Questions About Future of Texas News

Is Kyle’s Water Problem a Microcosm of Central Texas Drought Issues?

Near Misses at Austin Airport Stem From Nationwide Issues


2022


Austin Energy’s Proposed Rate Change Draws Controversy

Austin’s Animal Shelters Struggle to Uphold No-Kill Reputation in the Face of Overcrowding

Sunset Commission Takes Aim at TCEQ

Town Hall Calls for Quick Action to Combat Overdoses

Storm Relief Org Puts Down Roots to Help Farms

2021


Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

What’s Happening, What’s Being Done, and How We Got Into This Cold Weather Catastrophe

Can Texas Clean Up Its Climate Footprint?

Austin Energy Still Hasn’t Fixed Problems With Utility Bill Discounts on Expensive Homes

Great Springs Project Proposes A Network of Trails From Austin to San Antonio

2020


A Church and Its People On Austin’s Eastside

As Wastewater Plants Fail, TCEQ Fails to Regulate

Austin Mutual Aid Organizations Share Resources During COVID-19 and Beyond

What Happens When Two Academics Fall in Love and Start a Farm?

A Banana Peel, a Diaper, and a Plastic Bag Walk Into Austin's Composting Program

2019


Rebooting Kitchen Culture With a Novel Concept: Sober Living